Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a network administration  product that enables the creation and enforcement of security and access  policies for endpoint devices connected to the company’s routers and  switches. The purpose is to simplify identity management across diverse  devices and applications.

ISE is a component of Cisco’s Borderless Networking and the company’s TrustSec product line.

The Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a next-generation identity  and access control policy platform that provides a single policy plane  across the entire organization combining multiple services, including  authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) using 802.1x, MAB,  web authentication, posture, profiling, device on-boarding, guest  services, and VPN access into a single context-aware identity-based  platform.